A new consortium of EU researchers is exploring options for dealing with an asteroid on a collision course with Earth. Plenty of ideas are already on the table, such as deflection with projectiles or explosives and using gravity to pull it off course. But the project’s complexity and costs are problematic.
Next week, the Earth’s residents can once again play the popular game of “What if?” What if a hunk of cosmic rock is out there on a collision course with Earth? At the moment, an asteroid labeled “(433) Eros” is rushing toward our planet on a course that will bring it relatively close, at least on a cosmic scale.
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